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Slowing Down as a Spiritual Practice: Releasing Old Patterns with Compassion
When I first arrived in Costa Rica, I wrote about fear, disorientation, and the old patterns that traveled with me. The nervous system on alert. The familiar stories rising when control slipped away. The realization that we do not just bring our suitcases when we travel. We bring our patterns. This reflection is what came after that unraveling. On the last day of my three weeks here, I am filled with a deep sweetness and gratitude. Something has settled. Something has comple
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7 days ago3 min read


When the Old Patterns Travel With Us
ready to go to Costa Rica! There are moments on our journey when we realize that we did not just pack our clothes. We packed our patterns. Our habits. Our old ways of seeing ourselves and the world. I felt this deeply as we arrived in Costa Rica. What should have been a simple arrival turned into an unexpected initiation. We could not take the small jumper plane because Rich’s nine foot surfboard was too long. To get his board to where we were going, we had to find another wa
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